CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Dave Sypolt is the first to admit he doesn’t know how a charter school operates but what he does know is that it’s hard to argue with a concept that begins with community and parental involvement.

Sypolt (R-Preston) said he plans to have the charter school bill on his committee’s...

Capital High School Principal Clinton Giles has retired, after being charged last week with failing to immediately report an alleged sexual assault at his school

Giles -- who led Capital, Kanawha County’s largest school in the 2013-14 school year, for 13 years -- had been suspended without pay, pending the outcome of the misdemeanor charge against him concerning his handling of...

Debate over a bill that would authorize county school boards to form charter schools in West Virginia became heated Thursday when Department of Education officials were asked to explain their involvement in the drafting process, or the lack thereof.

State Sen. John Unger, D-Berkeley, invited department officials and state Board of Education President...